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I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.

Woodrow Wilson

Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence is a practical document for the use of practical men. It is not a thesis for philosophers, but a whip for tyrants; it is not a theory of government but a program of action.
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Action Document Government Independence Practical Program Theory
A man’s rootage is more important than his leafage.
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Himself Important Man
The right is more precious than peace.
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Peace Precious Right
When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
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Freedom Man Sacred War
I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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Company Myself Side Teeth
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
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Freedom Liberty Love Myself Nation Rich
I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able. No course of my choosing or of their (nations at war) will lead to war. War can come only by the wilful acts and aggressions of others.
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Act Aggression Choice Friendship Myself Nation Peace Willing
When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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Children Heat Light
It is not an army that we must train for war; it is a nation.
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Nation Training War
To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking.
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Day Save Thinking Way
Today’s greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.
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Device Future Greatness Save
Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.
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Choice Live People Right
Power consists in one’s capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
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Capacity Cooperation Gift Leadership Power
You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand
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Forget Rich Task World
If you wish your children to be Christians you must really take the trouble to be Christian yourselves. Those are the only terms upon which the home will work the gracious miracle.
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Children Grace Home Miracle Religious Trouble
The fewer the desires, the more peace.
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Desire Peace Spiritual

I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.

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